Countries
European Union, Finland
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moi
  
alo
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
haluta
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
scuze
  
Bye
Heippa
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
finnois
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1543
  
1521
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
Romanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Finnish and Romanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Romanian language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Finnish vs Romanian Difficulty
The Finnish vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.